In Buenos Aires, fact-checkers plan a code of principles and an International Fact-Checking Day

With Factcheck.org turning 13 this year, fact-checking is now a staple of American political coverage. And although they took hold later, by and large, international fact-checking initiatives are not exactly new either: Désintox launched on France's Libération in 2008; Argentina’s Chequeado and the UK's Full Fact are both six years old.

"We will seek advice from fact-checkers all around the world in the coming weeks," says Cunliffe-Jones.

Phoebe Arnold, senior communications officer at Full Fact, notes that "fact-checkers are a diverse group of organizations working in very different political environments," which could make it challenging to create a code that is globally applicable.

However "this diversity of experience" has its advantages, Arnold says, namely "being able to draw on the very best practices from around the world."

A parallel working group in Buenos Aires considered the establishment of an informal International Fact-Checking Day. This could help rally educational initiatives aimed at building critical thinking in school and encourage development and use of fact-checking tools.

While the timing and format are yet to be determined, dates floated for this day included April 2, which would consecrate the event as the mirror-opposite of April Fool’s Day. Fact-checkers half-jokingly considered reaching out to Google and Twitter, to develop tailored doodles and twitter emojis — or even the UN. After all, if yoga has a dedicated international day, shouldn’t fact-checking?

Pablo Fernàndez, editorial innovation coordinator at Chequeado, noted that the day "could help us increase the impact of all fact-checking organizations, as their digital and physical content could reach new audiences that usually don't know about us. We need it."

Amy Hollyfield, deputy managing Editor at The Tampa Bay Times suggests it could be "a day for action, with united efforts fact-checking a topic critically important across the world."

Other concrete projects to emerge from Global Fact 3 include the rollout of the “Share the Facts” widget to international fact-checkers, a working group on joint impact-tracking and the establishment of a fellowship to enable fact-checkers to spend one week embedded with other fact-checking organizations around the world.

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Alexios Mantzarlis joined Poynter to lead the International Fact-Checking Network in September of 2015. In this capacity he writes about and advocates for fact-checking. He also trains and convenes fact-checkers around the world.